Re^2: Need help getting output from Telnet into a string or array

[TravisC]

Success! Kinda... Working on this for the last 4 hours and I've came up with a result. When I issue my line

@array=$telnet->cmd(string => 'ls', prompt => '/=>/');

it STOPS at the first prompt where the ls is being issued. I changed my code to

@array=$telnet->cmd(string => 'ls', prompt =>'/ls/');

my output is => (the prompt before the ls). I tested this with another switch which has a different output and had a unique word in it (free) and it produced all info up to that word which is what I believe it's supposed to do. Now I guess what my question is, why is my cmd picking up the first prompt and not the second after the output? Thanks

[pklausner]

If your primary concern here is controlling the switch(es), not just dabbling with Perl for Perl's sake, I recommend looking at Rancid. It offers script wrappers for various vendors and models. You only supply the device command sequence, the scripts deal with login, prompts, output redirection etc.